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A Memorial service will be Thursday, October 13th at 10:00 am at the Choctaw Community Center in Coalgate for Arvard Jay Ward.
Read moreMartin David Brown, age 78, an Olney resident, was born on March 18, 1944, to Herbert A. and Alice Martha (Williams) Brown, at Olney, OK. Martin passed away on October 1, 2022.
Read moreBonna Deen (Mayes) Freeze, age 89 of Goldsby, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022. She was born October 3, 1932 in Coal County, OK, the middle of three children born to Joe Lee Mayes and Stella Fay (Hart) Mayes. She started school in a two-room schoolhouse at Lone Oak. She graduated from Tupelo High School with the Class of 1950.
Read moreFuneral services for Jerry Lee Paige, a longtime Tushka, OK resident, were held Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Greg Strader officiating.
Read morefor Graveside services Alice Ann (LeFlore) Darling, a Coalgate resident, were held Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Cairo Cemetery in Cairo with Reverend Ken Brown officiating.
Read moreOur sympathies extended to the family of... James Earl Eddings
Read moreFuneral services for Eric Dan Benson, a lifelong Atoka, OK area resident, were held Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Stringtown Gymnasium with Bro. Jesse Markum and Heath Davis officiating. Burial was in Stringtown Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements. Mr. Benson was born May 14, 1985 to Toni and Rita Marie (Skaggs) Benson at Sherman, TX and passed away September 12, 2022atDenison, TX at the age of 37 years, 3 months and 29 days. Eric graduated from Stringtown, High School, attended Kiamichi Vo Tech and East Central University in Ada, OK. He married Rebecca Lynn Allen December 29, 2005 at Atoka, OK. Eric was the owner and operator of Southeastern Truck and Trailer Parts in Stringtown. He worked for several years at Stateline Truck Parts and Stan’s Truck Parts in Colbert. Eric was a member of the Old Paths Baptist Church in Atoka. He loved basketball, hunting, especially hunting large whitetails, loved to watch Disney movies and play video games with “His Girls”. Eric loved listening to Working Class Bowhunter podcast.
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